Sundau Afternoon

Hola Chris!

It's Sunday afternoon & I hope I get this posted before you sign on in San Diego. I'm also really looking forward to your weekly phone call...mainly to know if you're feeling better. Everyone I talk to says if you live in Tequana as long as you have, you're going to get sick some time. Not a quaestion of if but when.

Brian did really well at the USA Track & Field Championships in Indy on Thursday. We all had a nice trip & it was a very impressive facility and event. Brian was seeded around 24th and finished 16th overall with a 1:52.99 so did better than expected. There were lots of very high-caliber atheletes competing, including Olympic contenders. Several national records were broken.

Brian goes to work on the nite shift for the first time tonite...and I think he's actually looking forward to it. Should be interesting but I'm also encouraging hinm to increase his safety awareness...working around Chicago traffic in the dark is serious business. But he knows what he's doing and HBK seems to have a strong safety culture...he's getting a really good eduction in many ways this summer too. Grandaddy & I worked on the Glasair upholstery yesterday. Its really coming along.

I think we will all have lots of intersting stories to tell after this summer. I think we should plan a family event where we can tell about our experiences: Craziest, scariest, funniest, weirdest, most rewarding, most boring etc. What do you think??

Hey I just got off the phone with you Chris...it was great to hear you're feeling (and sounding) much better. You said it took 2 hrs 45 minutes to get accross the border today. And you have a an early (1pm) lead-in which all makes your San Diego time very short today. Ouch! Hard to believe you'll be half way thru your 'tour' next weekend...sounds like time is passing quickly which I guess means you're working hard & learning a lot. Have a great tiime whereever you end up going for the mid-summer camping break...you mentioned you may camp at the beach in Rosarito. I find that humorous...the Nexus gang lives in tents all the time and when you go 'on holiday' for a weekend you...live in temts.

I know your accomodations are pretty minimal Chris (like a nitely campfire is your entertainment) so I feel a little guilty telling you this...but we bought a fancy new bar-b-que grill . Its really cool. A Weber Genesis...model 320S. You've proibably heard about it. :) A photo of Barby, with grillmiester Brian is attached for your entertainment.

Well time to post this so you'll get it while in San Diego. We love you Chris. Take care honey and have fun.

Your Dad